Taylor Swift Releases 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore' With Four New Songs

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• Music09/28/2026@MusicDesk

  Taylor Swift Releases 'The Life of a Showgirl', Her 12th Album

  1755, Broadway, Manhattan Community Board 5, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10019, United StatesRepublic Records

  

  Starts 10/03/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better360 days agoRolling Stone^[1], 3 October 2025: 'Taylor Swift's 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, is finally here and streaming everywhere'; Billboard^[3] confirms 'The album bowed on Oct. 3'.

  Taylor Swift's 12th album, 12 songs made with Max Martin and Shellback in Sweden during the Eras Tour and led by 'The Fate of Ophelia', arrived with Sabrina Carpenter as its only guest and became the fastest-selling album in US history.

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• Music09/28/2026@MusicDesk

  Taylor Swift Fills the Hot 100's Top 12, Led by 'The Fate of Ophelia'

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  Starts 10/13/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better350 days agoBillboard's^[1][2][3] report published 13 October 2025: 'On the chart dated Oct. 18, "The Fate of Ophelia" leads her dozen debuts at No. 1'.

  All 12 songs from The Life of a Showgirl debuted in the Billboard Hot 100's top 12, the first album to fill the chart unbroken from No. 1 down, with 'The Fate of Ophelia' opening at No. 1 on a record 92.5 million streams.

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• Music09/28/2026@MusicDesk

  Taylor Swift's 'Official Release Party of a Showgirl' Tops the Box Office

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  Starts 10/03/2025 7:00PMCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins84% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 84%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better360 days agoVariety^[1][4]: the film runs 'in cinemas on Friday through Sunday of Swift's album release weekend' and 'Screenings will begin simultaneously across time zones at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT on Oct. 3'; Variety's 5 October box-office report confirms the weekend run.

  An 89-minute cinema 'release party' for The Life of a Showgirl, with the premiere of 'The Fate of Ophelia' video and Swift's commentary, played three days at $12 a ticket and opened at No. 1 with $33 million in North America.

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• Music09/28/2026@MusicDesk

  'The Life of a Showgirl' Sells 4 Million Units, the Biggest Week on Record

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  Starts 10/13/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better350 days agoBillboard's^[1][3] report published 13 October 2025: Swift 'achieves her 15th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 18) in record-breaking fashion with the debut of The Life of a Showgirl'.

  Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 4.002 million units and 3,479,500 copies sold in a week, beating Adele's 25 for the largest week since Luminate began tracking in 1991.

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• Music09/28/2026@MusicDesk

  Taylor Swift Buys Back the Masters of Her First Six Albums

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  Starts 05/30/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.3 years agoBillboard^[1][4], 30 May 2025: 'Taylor Swift announced on Friday (May 30) she has regained ownership of her master recordings from Shamrock Capital'.

  Taylor Swift bought the original recordings of her first six albums from Shamrock Capital, ending the six-year fight over her Big Machine catalogue: 'All of the music I've ever made... now belongs to me.'

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• Music09/28/2026@MusicDesk

  'Opalite' Becomes Taylor Swift's 14th Hot 100 No. 1

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  Starts 02/23/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better217 days agoBillboard's^[1][3] report published 23 February 2026: 'Opalite' 'bounds seven spots to become her 14th No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100', on the charts 'dated Feb. 28, 2026'.

  Taylor Swift's 'Opalite' jumped seven places to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 168,000 US sales in a week, her 14th No. 1, tying Rihanna for the third-most, and the second chart-topper from The Life of a Showgirl.

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• Music09/28/2026@MusicDesk

  Taylor Swift Plays the Grammy Museum's Icon Sessions

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  Starts 08/18/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better41 days agoUPI via Yahoo^[1], 25 August 2026: Swift performed the mashup 'at the event Aug. 18 in Los Angeles, a recording of which was released Monday on YouTube'.

  In a 20-year retrospective at the Grammy Museum's Clive Davis Theater, Taylor Swift talked songwriting with Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and played a piano mashup of 'I Knew It, I Knew You', 'August' and 'All Too Well' on her Eras Tour piano.

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• Music09/28/2026@MusicDesk

  Taylor Swift Ends the Eras Tour at BC Place in Vancouver

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  Starts 12/09/2024 2:45AMCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.8 years agoTODAY's^[1] live recap: the tour 'came a close with a final show in Vancouver Dec. 8', and 'The final concert for "The Eras Tour" is scheduled to begin at 6:45 p.m. PT'.

  Taylor Swift played the 149th and last show of the Eras Tour at BC Place, closing a 21-month run that grossed $2,077,618,725 from 10,168,008 tickets, the first tour ever to pass $2 billion.

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• Music09/27/2026@MusicDesk

  Taylor Swift's 'I Knew It, I Knew You' Debuts at No. 1, Her 15th Hot 100 Leader

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  Starts 06/15/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better105 days agoBillboard's^[1][3] report published 15 June 2026: 'Taylor Swift's "I Knew It, I Knew You" gallops in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100', on the chart dated June 20.

  Taylor Swift's Toy Story 5 single entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1, giving her 15 No. 1s, third-most ever behind the Beatles and Mariah Carey, and Pixar its first chart-topper.

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• Music09/28/2026@MusicDesk

  Taylor Swift Is Inducted Into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

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  Starts 06/11/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better109 days agoBillboard^[1], 12 June 2026: 'at the 2026 ceremony on Thursday (June 11)' which 'took place at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City'.

  At 36, Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, introduced by Steven Spielberg at the 2026 gala in New York alongside Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins and KISS's Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.

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• Music09/28/2026@MusicDesk

  IFPI Names Taylor Swift Global Recording Artist of 2025 for a Record Sixth Time

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  Starts 02/18/2026 3:00PMCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better222 days agoIFPI's^[1] release: '18 February 2026 - Taylor Swift has been confirmed by IFPI ... as the Official Biggest-Selling Global Artist of the Year 2025', published at 15:00 UTC.

  IFPI named Taylor Swift the biggest-selling recording artist in the world for 2025, her fourth year running and sixth in all, as many wins as every other artist combined over the past decade, driven by The Life of a Showgirl.

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  Taylor Swift Is Inducted Into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

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  Starts 10/26/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 28 daysBillboard's^[1] 15 September 2026 update: the Class of 2026 will be inducted 'during the Nashville^[3] Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala on Monday, Oct. 26, at the Music City Center'.

  Taylor Swift, 36, the youngest songwriter ever elected, joins the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame at its 56th anniversary gala at the Music City Center, with Lyle Lovett, Bruce Channel, Shawn Camp, Lee Thomas Miller and the late J.I. Allison.

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